# DOJ hires ex-Jim Jordan staffer as civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon departure

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2 outlets covering · First listed: Washington Examiner, Nov 11, 2026, 12:48 PM · Read it: <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4800187/doj-hires-craig-trainor-civil-rights-chief-after-harmeet-dhillon-departure/>

President Donald Trump tapped Craig Trainor, a former aide to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on an acting basis after Harmeet Dhillon resigned last week. The appointment fills one of several vacancies at the DOJ since Democrats won control of Congress in the midterm elections.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 11, 2026, 9:55 AM: [Trump appoints new DOJ civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon’s rocky departure](<https://www.ms.now/news/trump-doj-civil-rights-trainor-dhillon>) — MS NOW (TV network, United States)
  Craig Trainor, currently a top housing official, is slated to take over a DOJ Civil Rights Division profoundly changed by his predecessor.
- Nov 11, 2026, 12:48 PM: [DOJ hires ex-Jim Jordan staffer as civil rights chief after Harmeet Dhillon departure](<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4800187/doj-hires-craig-trainor-civil-rights-chief-after-harmeet-dhillon-departure/>) — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States)
  President Donald Trump tapped Craig Trainor, a former aide to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on an acting basis after Harmeet Dhillon resigned last week. The appointment fills one of several vacancies at the DOJ since Democrats won control of Congress in the midterm elections.